Improved sausage-stufrer



@anni @dimite JOHN J. FLANSBURGH,

or BERNE, NEW Youn?- Letters Patent No. 95,891, dated Onfol'e'r 19, 11869.

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IMPROVED SA'IIJ'SAG-IE-STU'FFERv The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making paxt of the same.

To all whom it they cancel-m' Beit known that I, JoHN J FLANsBUnGH, of the town of Berne, county of Albany, State of N ew York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sausage-Stuffing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of, the ina- .chine as improved.

Figure 2 represents a section in a vertical view from above.

Y Figure 3 represents a cross-section through red line in fig. 2.

Figure 4represents alongitudinalsection through the shifting-cylinder, and a section of the plunger.

In making sausages, it is desirable to have `the plunger work' in the smiling-cylinder in a persistent and decided manner. To accomplish this, l operate the plunger by means of a suitable' screw worked by a crank or hand or band-wheel. The neck of the said screw is secured from being moved out from the end of the frame of the machine, while its screw-thread works into one end of' a sliding frame, working into guidingslots, and carrying a plunger.

To remove the inconveniences which' generally attend 'the filling of the stufiing-cylinder, I construct the mouth ofthe said cylinder sloping, either in a straight or convex or concave manner, from the top out to the bottom, so that the length. of the cylinder will be longer on its bottom line than on the top line, which enables the operator to perform his work of filling the said cylinder easier and quicker.

I also provide trunnions on the upper and lower sides of the cylinder, on which the said cylinder mayA swing round to one side, over a vessel containing the meat to be used, which will catch'fany of the material that may drop in the process of filling the cylinder.

n stung the cases generally used, with the meat, more or less air must, ot' necessity, be taken in with Athe meat, and is generallydriven into the cases ofthe sausage, in the process of stuffing, and inilates them more or less.

acharge, .which would aii'ordescape to the air in the cylinder. l l A To support directly under the nozzle of the cylinder I provide a sliding board or table, properly supported, which, when required, can `be drawn out, and when not in use, may be lmoved back under the machine.

\ To enable others skilled in the art to make and usemy invention, I will proceed to describe it in reference to thedrawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, the saine letters indicatingffsimilar parts.

A, figs. 1, 2, and 3, represents the frame of the machine, which maybe constructed of wood, oiany other suitable material.

The sidesof the frame are furnished, ontlleir insides, with guiding-grooves or recesses a a, in which work the guides b b ofthe sliding frame B.

The said sliding frame may be made of wood, or other suitable material, and have guiding-grooves a a, substituted for the guide-pieces l) b, while the frame could be furnished with guide-pieces b l), as substitutes for the grooves a c.

The sliding frame B is operated between the sides of the frame A by a screw, C, working in oueend of the said frame B, which, when the screw is turned by a crank, hand or band-wheel, D, or other similar device, draws the said sliding frame back, or moves it forward, the neck of the screw beingheld by a suit'able stop, o, let in the frame-end piece, and working in a recess formed in the neck of the said screw, as shown in fi' 2.

Agplunger, E, figs. l, 2, and 4, is fixed rigid to the front ofthe sliding frameB, and is carried by it back and forth as the screw is operated.

The `stuffing-cylinder F is 'provided with a sloping mouth, f, as'shown in fig; 4, and may be iliade of any suitable material, and is provided with trunuions g g placed on the sides Iof the said cylinder, above and below.

Thelower trunnin-works in ahole made in acrosspiece, h, of the frame, while the one above works in an eye of a branch brace, J, jointed to the top edges of the frame A, as shown in fig. 1.

-The cylinder thus held andA steadied, can be turned, as shown by' dotted lines in fig.- 2, with its month j' over the vessel containing the meat, and be filled with-- out dropping any of the material on the floor.

A stop-cock, It', is placed at any suitable` point in the cylinder F, back of the nozzle, which, when turned in one direction, will permit the escape of the air from the said cylinder, and when turned in, a quarter way back, will close the saine.

Placed beneath the cylinder F, below the edge of' the frame A, is a sliding board, L, which, when required to hold a vessel, to receive the sausages as made, can be drawn out, as shown in figs. land 2, or

moved hack, as shown by dotted lines l in fig. 2. any proper vessel, to receive the sausages when stuffed,

\Vhen. the 'machine is to be worked by power, one

shaft, provided with a band-wheel, operating two screws C, each operating4 plnngers in its cylinder, can he used to advantage, as, when so arranged, notime or motion would be lost, for while one is being discharged,

the other could be filled, and should the said cylinders 2. In a sausage-Studer, in combination with the be made to swing to the saine side, one person could Screw C and hand-wheel D, or its equivalent, the frame attend to both cylinders.4 B, with the plunger E attached, and Working in the Having described'my invention, frame A, provided with the guides a a, and all ar- What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patranged and operated substantially in the manner specicnt, isfied, for the purpose. set forth.

1. The stuffing -cylinder F, provided with the sloping f JOHN J. FLANS-BURGH.

mouth f, and the trunnions g g, arranged so as to swing -Witnesses.:

its mouth over a sideof the machine, substantially as J. A. BUCKBEE, J r.,v described, .for the purpose set forth. ALEX. SELKIRK. 

